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Algae Man
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Posted: 15th Nov 2003 03:53
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Well, a picture's worth a thousand words. My monitor has lately been showing multiple, faded "ghost" images of what's on the screen. Note that the above image is not a photograph of my screen, but just something I made in Photoshop to illustrate my point.

I have an NEC MultiSync FE990 (a CRT). It's only about a year old now, and this problem is getting worse and worse. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've tried degaussing and moire canceller, but to no avail.
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Fallout
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Posted: 15th Nov 2003 05:11
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There's a few possibilities that I know of.

(1) Interference. If you've recently stuck some big speakers near your monitor, a new power adapter or anything else electric that would give off magnetic interference, that could be causing it.

(2) DB is constantly switching your monitor on and off (probably) when the screen mode changes when you compile a program. This is a safety feature on most monitors to stop res changes damaging it, but in practice having your monitor clicking every 5 minutes will eventually f**k it up. I lost a monitor on a db compile a few years a go, and that's the only reason I bought a flatpanel plasma as they dont get any wear and tear from resolution changes.

Other than that, I have no idea!

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 15th Nov 2003 06:14
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i'd say the Horizontal Hold is off, or maybe just the focus plane.
fiddle with the settings, bet you someone has pissed about with them


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Posted: 15th Nov 2003 14:45
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i have a similar problem with mine, but thats because of my monitor's cable.

luckily, my monitor isn't cheap and has a detatchable vga cable from the actual monitor, so once i get some money and can be bothered, i'll go and buy a new cable. i should really get one soon, as this shadow can sometimes bring on a headache, it cant be doing me much good.

i find having a little play with the pc connection end of my cable can alter the shadow, make it more or less, and after a 5 minute fiddle i can normally reduce the shadow so it's only really noticeable around large objects on the screen, you have to look quite close to see it on small text.

so you could try that,
and as fallout mentioned, some devices not magnetically sheilded can make your monitor go dodgy. i know someone who stupidly put his subwoofer right next to his monitor, the picture was jumping around the screen like a whore on a good day.


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Algae Man
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Posted: 15th Nov 2003 20:09
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@Fallout:

Yes, it's probably the display mode switching that has screwed it up. I suspected that. I used DBC a lot and that is probably the reason. At least now that i've got DBPro, I won't be switching display mode much anymore. So is there any way to repair the damage that's been done? I've fiddled with all the functions but nothing seems to correct it.
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